Software Quality Assurance (SQA) consists of the software engineering processes and methods used to ensure quality. SQA encompasses the entire software development process, which may include processes such as reviewing requirements documents, source code control, code reviews, change management, configuration management, release management and of course, software testing.

SQA由一套软件工程过程和方法组成，以保证（软件的）质量。SQA贯穿整个软件开发过程，(它)应包括需求文档评审、代码控制、代码评审、变更管理、配置管理、版本管理和软件测试。

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